Diabetes prevalence from health insurance data: evaluation of estimates by comparison with a population-based diabetes register.

Unlabelled: At present in Germany, data on the prevalence of diabetes can only be obtained by modelling health insurance data. The National Diabetes Register of the former (East) German Democratic Republic which, between 1960 and 1990, monitored approximately 98% of all diabetic subjects, provides a tool for evaluating epidemiological estimates from other data sources. Therefore, the following data bases were compared for the year 1988: (1) a 5% random-sample (n = 6478) of all subjects insured at a local statutory health insurance company in the city of Dormund; (2) related data from the population-based diabetes register of former East-Berlin and (3) of the former German Democratic Republic.

Computer-aided system for diabetes care in Berlin, G.D.R.

In the Centre of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders of Berlin, G.D.R.

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Among 163 insulin-dependent (type I) diabetics (average age 43.5 years; average duration of diabetes 17.5 years), 40 (24.